Current through Vol. 42, No. 1, September 16, 2024
(a)
DOC payments available for the
eligible child in certain types of foster care placements.
(1) DOC rates are available to reimburse the
Oklahoma Department of Human Services (DHS), tribal, supported, or coordinated
foster care resource parent for additional care and supervision required due to
the child's extraordinary physical, mental, or emotional needs.
(2) DOC reimbursement is not available to the
child in a specialized community home, specialized foster care and agency
companion through Developmental Disabilities Services, community-based
residential care, inpatient care, or a therapeutic foster care home.
(3) The resource parent is eligible for
pro-rated DOC payments when the child attends an Indian boarding school,
Oklahoma Schools for the Deaf or Blind, or a similar residential program and
returns to the resource home for weekends or school vacations.
(A) When the child returns to the resource
home for school vacations the monthly DOC rate is used.
(B) The days the child spends in the resource
home are documented in KIDS and the DOC payment is automatically
generated.
(4) The
resource parent is eligible for the DOC payment for up to 10-calendar days
during each of the child's health or behavioral health hospitalization events
when the child is expected to return to the resource home.
(b)
DOC rates and descriptions.
DOC reimbursements are provided for the eligible child in addition to the
foster care maintenance or adoption assistance payment, per DHS Appendix C-20,
Child Welfare Services Rates Schedule.
(1) The
descriptions in DHS Appendix C-20 are used as guidelines from which DHS makes
the most appropriate increase recommendation.
(2) Not every situation clearly fits in one
rate category.
(3) The child's age
is considered when determining the appropriate rate category.
(4) When approved, DOC payments are:
(A) not retroactive unless an exception was
approved; and
(B) available the
first day of the month the DOC rate is requested.
(c)
DOC request. The
resource parent or DHS may initiate the request for DOC payments.
(1) The DOC review process is completed
within 10-calendar days after receipt of all information necessary to make a
determination.
(2) Each DOC
authorization is limited to six months.
Amended at 13 Ok Reg
3927, eff 4-29-96 (emergency); Amended at 14 Ok Reg 656, eff 12-12-96
(emergency); Amended at 14 Ok Reg 2288, eff 6-12-97; Amended at 15 Ok Reg 416,
eff 11-1-97 (emergency); Amended at 15 Ok Reg 1663, eff 5-11-98; Amended at 19
Ok Reg 2226, eff 6-27-02; Amended at 21 Ok Reg 2385, eff 6-25-04; Amended at 22
Ok Reg 1242, eff 5-26-05; Amended at 25 Ok Reg 1335, eff 6-1-08 ; Amended at 30
Ok Reg 839, eff 7-1-13
